The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-13
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

are nineteen miles west of Salem. ana
thirteen miles east of Mitchell. and
will reach the later place in about ten
days.
Judson La Moure has been elected
mayor OF Pembina, together with e
tulI party ticket.
The secretary of the interior revers.
ed the decision of the commissions 81
the general land office canceling the
claim OF Thomas Nash to land in sec
tons 8 and 10, township 153, ranee
65, Devil Lake land office.
Seeding is all finished in Richland
county, also in Sargent county. The
acreage in Sargent county is increased
about one. fourth over last wear
The acreage in Richland county Il
about the same as last ear new
land having been broken and old
land seeded to timothy.
Indian Agent M. G. Chesney, of the
Cheyenne agency, has ordered all CAB
tlemen and cattle off the Cheyenne
Indian reserve, which extends on the
Sioux reservation from Cheyenne
agency to Fort Thompson. The &C.
ton is in accordance with instruc.
tions received from the interior de.
partment at Washington.
At Pierre a fire starting In a build.
ing owned by John Karcher of Free
port, ILL.,, spread to adjoining build
lngs occupied by James Reeds butch
er shop, M. J. Lacid's stationery
store, Dillon & Holmes law Office and
James l.. Brenk'slaw Office. The Kar-
cher brick block had a narrow escape.
B. N. Locke was badly burned about
the hands. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Work will commence imme.
diately to rebuild with solid brick
blocks.
A heavy ain all throughout the
DEVILS Lake region occurred recently,
thoroughly soaking the ground.
At the anticoercion meeting at Wa
tertown ringing speeches were made
denouncing the action of England re.
garding Ireland by Hon. r. ". Eddy,
Col. Mark Sheafe, Gen. II. r. Pease,
ex-Mayor Mcintyre and Gov. MeAette.
Charles Hudson, a single mar living
ten miles north of De Smet, attempted
suicide by shooting himselfin the mouth
with q gun. He cannot live.
At a meeting Of representative citi
zens of Minot, it was decided to take
steps to organize q city under the re- z
cent act of the legislature.
Gen. Hugh J. Campbell Of Yankton
will deliver the Grand Army Grafton
at Huron on Decoration day. Five
hundred more patents were received
by the United States land Office. A
home company has offered to build a
tow mill and have it in operation
next fall for q bonus of $1,000. The
proposition will be accepted.
At Deadwood, Star was reelected
mayor for the fourth term by a ma
iority of 127 over George v. Ayers.
Both are prominent business men
Chief engineer Mcdonald was elected
alderman in the Second ward in a re-
markable and very exciting contest
A suicide was committed at Mandan
by M. J, Mahon, a restaurant keeper.
Mahon was an ex-aiderman and mad
been in town five years. It's suppos
ed that business reverses drove MN
to the act When found the body wa
still warm, with q revolver at the
side, with which he had shot himself
In the head.
The city council OF Huron hasgrant
ed q charter to Huron citizens Tor
telephone exchange and voted TO num
Der the houses at once, preparatory %
putting in free delivery July I.
At Bismarck; the saloon license has
been fixed at $500, strictly in advance
and no license to issue to any saloon
now in arrears for license.
The r. B. Calland company's agen
cy Of Bismarck has written policies fol
the insurance OF the territorial build
ings, covering the entire list OF public
institutions in the territory. I'm
amount insured exceeds $50O,OOOa na
is the largest insurance deal ever made
east OF Minneapolis.
The Cass County bank has Been
organized at Casselton with q capitol
stock Of $50 600. e. H. Paine q
Manchester, N. H., formerly cashier
OF the First National Bank OF Cassel
ton, is president, Wallace Grovensi
vice president; Allen Fl. Paine cashier
and r. M. Hollock secretary. Ins
bank was organized under the new